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Swayze

Swayze is a unisex given name: about 21% of people named Swayze are men and 79% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleLow
Male 21%Female 79%

We have limited data on this name. Treat the verdict as a lead, not a certainty.

Verdict
Mostly female
Male / female split
21% male / 79% female
Confidence
Low (fewer than 8 weighted country observations)
Most common in
United States
US births since 1880
102 male / 381 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Swayze

To address Swayze when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Swayze," in English, "Guten Tag Swayze," in German. About 21% of people named Swayze are men and 79% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Swayze,

German

Guten Tag Swayze,

French

Bonjour Swayze,

Spanish

Estimado/a Swayze:

Chinese

Swayze您好：

Japanese

Swayze様

English

Hi Swayze,

German

Hi Swayze,

French

Salut Swayze,

Spanish

Hola Swayze,

Chinese

Swayze你好：

Japanese

Swayzeさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Gender of the name Swayze by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
United Statesrarewoman's name21%

United States birth data

102 male · 381 female · 483 births recorded

Male 21%Female 79%

Since 1980: 21% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Swayze a male or female name?

Swayze is a unisex given name: about 21% of people named Swayze are men and 79% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Swayze in an email?

To address Swayze when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Swayze," in English, "Guten Tag Swayze," in German. About 21% of people named Swayze are men and 79% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Swayze a unisex name?

Swayze is not a unisex name: 21% of people named Swayze are men. Swayze leans strongly female overall.

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Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Swayze a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/swayze (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_swayze,
  title  = {Is Swayze a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/swayze},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}